Invisible Disabilities Comedy Show

Comedy producers Aliada and Drew Kimzey proudly present the Invisible Disabilities Comedy Show at the Sacramento Punch Line on Sunday, January 27! Invisibledisabilities.org defines an invisible disability is a “physical, mental or neurological condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities that is invisible to the onlooker. Unfortunately, the very fact that these symptoms are invisible can lead to misunderstandings, false perceptions, and judgments.”

These include conditions like OCD, depression, essential tremor, stuttering, and anxiety, among many others. As stand-up comedians with invisible disabilities themselves, as well as co-hosts of previous comedy shows like Truly Madlibs Deeply and the Trump Roast at Luna’s Cafe, Aliada and Kimzey wanted to create a comedy environment where comedians with invisible disabilities could discuss and make jokes about their disability and how it affected their lives, without feeling like they need to defend their condition as a disability and to destigmatize the discussion of invisible disabilities in comedy and in general conversation.

The Invisible Disabilities Comedy Show has been a monthly success at Luna’s Cafe in Sacramento since September 2017, and has brought an increasingly diverse lineup of comedians from throughout Northern California to talk about their disabilities. Aliada and Kimzey also started a mixed open mic at Luna’s where anyone (comedian or otherwise) could talk about how their disabilities affected their lives in the form of comedy, confessional, poetry, and any other kind of performance art. It was called “provocative”, “moving”, “intimate” and “enlightening” by audience members.

As the crowd grew at Luna’s, Aliada and Kimzey decided to bring their show to the Sacramento Punch Line so that they could reach a larger audience and spread more awareness of their cause.